Thread: New gun security laws

Originally Posted by systolic

.17 HMR or .17 HM2 are restricted to seven rounds in a semi-auto for A-cat.

15 rounds is for .22 inch rimfire, which would include short, long, long rifle or magnums.

Read section 2 of the Arms Act.

law applies to rimfire regardless of caliber. its ok to buy a 22 mag etc with a 10 shot mag

Originally Posted by gonetropo

law applies to rimfire regardless of caliber. its ok to buy a 22 mag etc with a 10 shot mag

@systolic is right that the law (presumably written before .17hmr and .17hm2 existed) specifically refers to 'a magazine designed to hold 0.22-inch rimfire cartridges'. I guess you could argue that a .17hmr magazine is 'designed to hold 0.22-inch rimfire cartridges' though as manufacturers generally use the same magazine for both. Would be interesting to see that one tested in court!

Only applies to semi-autos though of course, bolt/lever/straight pull/pump etc can take as many rounds as you like.